ES 1.1 Our Island, Earth Vocabulary

all the living and nonliving things

with which an organism interacts

• environmental science

• environmentalism

• environment

• environmental ethics

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the study of how the natural world works, how the environment affects humans, and how humans affect the environment

• environmental science

• environmentalism

• environment

• environmental ethics

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from the harmful changes produced by human activities

• environmental science

• environmentalism

• environment

• environmental ethics

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

any of the natural materials and energy sources provided by nature that humans need to survive

• renewable natural resources

• non-renewable natural resources

• natural resources

• artificial resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

a resource that is replenished, or renewed over short periods of time

• renewable natural resources

• non-renewable natural resources

• natural resources

• artificial resources

a resource that is formed much more

slowly than it is used

• renewable natural resrouces

• non-renewable natural resources

• natural resources

• artificial resources

able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply

• ecological footprint

• tragedy of the commons

• sustainable

• data

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a carbon-containing fuel formed over millions of years

from the remains of living things

• fossil fuel

• renewable natural resource

• sustainable

• ecological footprint

the environmental impact of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required (1) to provide the raw materials the individual or population consumes and (2) to dispose of or recycle the waste the individual or population produces

• tragedy of the commons

• ecological footprint

• fossil fuel

• sustainable

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

information collected using scientific methods

• hypothesis

• ecological footprint

• data

• environmental science

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS2-5